Some thoughts about Silence and Meditation
Yoga is a multidimensional practice. It’s not just postures and movement (asana), and it’s not just breathing (pranayama). There is a path to enlightenment described in the Yoga Sutra-s of Patanjali (an …
Yoga for Osteoporosis, part 6: Hips
I’m sure you’ve heard the statistics about hip fractures: a broken hip can change your life permanently. According to doctors at Johns Hopkins, “forty percent of hip fracture sufferers are …
Yoga for Osteoporosis, Part 5
Twisting There is much disagreement about whether twisting poses are beneficial for people with osteoporosis or osteopenia. However, the torqueing action created by twisting can strengthen muscles, which can help …
Yoga for Osteoporosis, part 4
In my last post, I discussed balance techniques that can be helpful to prevent falls. Here is a short yoga balancing practice:
Yoga for Osteoporosis, Part 2
a short practice using axial extension
Yoga for Osteoporosis, part 1
Several people in my chair yoga classes for seniors have been asking whether they can practice yoga if they have osteoporosis and how and whether yoga can be beneficial. The …
MLK Birthday, January 18, 2021
These are dark days, and I mean dark both figuratively and literally. We’ve all been bombarded with bad news over this past year, on an astonishing array of fronts, so …
Can’t Sleep???
My son is one of the forty million plus people in this country who have chronic sleep issues. No matter how tired he gets during the day, he finds himself …
Relieving neck and shoulder tension
If you’ve been Zooming as often as I have (Zooming – most likely one of the top ten candidates for word of the year, along with, assuming 2-word phrases are …
Focused breathing practice for difficult times
As we settle into this enforced isolation and the pandemic worsens, I’ve started to realize that I’ve been somewhat cavalier about my possible exposure to the virus: taking numerous trips …